WHAT  is  the  most  interesting 
object  in  any  home  —  in  any 
room  of  the  home? 

YOU  are  the  most  interesting 
object. 

The  human  being  is  more  important 
than  any  other  object  in  a  room. 

Therefore,  everything  else  in  the 
room  should  be  chosen  and  arranged 
to  set  off  the  person  to  best  advantage. 

If  anything  in  a  room — wall  colors, 
draperies,  etc. — makes  you  look  less 
attractive,  that  thing  is  BAD,  even  if 
it  is  the  most  beautiful  thing  in  the 
world. 

There  is  such  a  thing  as  too  much 
beauty.  A  single  American  Beauty 
rose  on  a  woman’s  .corsage  may  add 
to  her  charming  appearance,  but  if 
she  should  cover  every  inch  of  her 
gown  with  wonderful  roses,  she  would 
be  a  walking  rose  show — her  own 
charm  would  be  lost.  People  would 
not  be  able  to  see  her,  because  of 
the  roses. 


Page  one 


This  booklet  shows  you  that  cer¬ 
tain  kinds  of  walls  are  a  mistake. 
They  are  too  brilliant,  too  highly 
figured,  too  glittering,  too  gorgeous. 
THEIR  beauty  robs  you  of  YOUR 
beauty. 

Are  your  walls  kidnapers?  Have 
they  kidnaped  some  of  your  identity 
and  attractiveness?  Do  visitors  think, 
“Mrs.  Brown  looked  charming  at  the 
reception,  but  in  her  own  home  she 
appears  faded.” 

In  this  small,  interesting  booklet 
you  will  find  a  really  valuable  secret 
— how  to  have  your  walls  so  dec¬ 
orated  as  to  set  off  yourself,  your 
dresses  and  your  present  furniture 
and  furnishings  to  the  best  advantage. 

This  does  not  contemplate,  what 
would  be  entirely  impracticable,  the 
redecorating  of  your  walls  each  time 
a  new  gown  is  to  be  worn;  we  seek 
rather  to  outline  the  ideas  of  those 
best  qualified  to  give  an  authorita¬ 
tive  opinion  as  to  neutral,  solid  color 
walls  that  will  enhance  and  not 
detract  from  any  color  effect  intro¬ 
duced  in  the  gowns  worn. 

This  is  the  line  of  thought  followed 
by  not  only  the  best  decorative 
artists,  but  by  those  having  discrim¬ 
inating  ideas  regarding  color  values. 


Page  two 


WALL  DRESSES  TO  MATCH 
WOMEN’S  DRESSES 

AFTER  your  dress  is  all  made,  and  home  from  the 
>-  dressmaker — it  is  not  yet  ready  for  you  to  wear. 
You  must  first  ask  yourself,  “Do  the  walls  of  my 
home  help  or  injure  the  looks  of  this  dress?” 

And  if  the  walls  are  not  right,  there  is  an 
economical  way  of  making  them  into  harmonious 
backgrounds  for  your  gowns. 

On  pages  6  and  7  a  fashion  expert  gives  you 
valuable  advice  about  this  season’s  dress  styles  and 
their  proper  wall  harmonies. 


Page  three 


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^four  Dressmakers 

Never  consider  yourself  perfectly  qowned 
until  you  have  learned  what  the  Fashion 
Expert ,  the  Economy  Expert,  the  Interior 
Decorating  Expert,  the  Physician  and  the 
Local  Alabastine  Dealer  have  to  say. 

SINCE  the  dresses  of  this  season  need  the 
proper  wall  backgrounds  in  order  to  be 
set  off  to  best  advantage,  therefore  read, 
on  pages  6  and  7,  the  Fashion  Expert’s 
information  about  the  latest  gowns  and 
proper  wall  harmonies. 

Since  you  cannot  change  your  furniture 
to  fit  changing  styles  of  dress,  learn  from  the 
Interior  Decorating  Authority,  on  page  8, 
how  to  tint  your  walls  so  as  to  make  your 
present  furniture  look  more  artistic  and  in 
harmony  with  your  gowns. 

Since  “Economy”  is  the  great  watchword 
this  year,  learn  from  the  Economy  Expert, 
on  page  9,  how  you  can  make  all  your 
rooms  harmonious  in  wall  colors,  at  a  good 
saving  in  cost. 

Since  ill  health  hurts  the  looks,  besides 
endangering  the  life,  read  what  the  PHYSI¬ 
CIAN,  on  page  10,  says  about  wall  decorating. 

And  since  the  ease  with  which  you  can 
have  your  room  decorated  depends  on  the 
ease  of  getting  original  color  designs  and  the 
proper  materials,  learn,  on  page  11,  how 
easily  the  Local  Dealer  can  supply  you. 


Page  four 


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ARE  you  good  looking?  Are  your  gowns 
in  good  style?  Never  before  in  the 
history  of  home  decoration  were  the 
answers  to  these  questions  so  bound  up  with 
your  walls  as  they  are  today. 

Of  course  you  are  going  to  have  a  wall 
change  THIS  season.  The  fact  that  this  is 
“Economy  Year”  should  not  cause  you  to 
put  up  with  unfashionable  wall  decoration. 
You  will  understand  the  reason  when  you  „ 
read  this  article.  No  matter  how  old  or  how 
new  your  present  wall  decoration,  unless  it 
conform  to  this  year’s  marked  changes  of 
style  in  draperies,  furnishings,  and  above  all 
in  GOWNS,  you  are  bound  to  feel  LOST  in 
your  home. 

You  are  fortunate  in  HAVING  to  make  a  change 
this  year.  Because  fashion  has  at  last  joined  hands 
with  real  art,  and  this  season’s  wall  styles  not  only 
will  be  attractive  in  their  newness,  but  they  will 
satisfy  because  of  their  real  beauty  and  artistic  merit. 

Absolutely  essential  is  wall  PLAINNESS.  Con¬ 
sultation  with  leading  decorators  in  New  York  and 
Chicago  tells  that  a  big  tidal  wave  of  fashion 
has  set  in  for  flat,  neutral  wall  tints.  Grays  and 
tans  in  all  their  wonderful  shadings  seem  to 


Page  six 


be  accorded  the  first  place.  Next  come  the  neutral 
greens,  the  ivories  and  Colonial  buffs,  while  many 
delightful  special  tints  are  offered  as  backgrounds 
for  the  new  Oriental  combinations,  and  lovely  sten¬ 
cil  decorations  in  Pompeian,  Moorish  and  Russian 
effects  will  be  found. 

This  year  will  be  a  leader  year  in  plain  back¬ 
grounds.  Not  only  will  this  be  noticeable  in  a  single 
room,  but  harmonious  tints  will  be  carried  through¬ 
out  an  entire  floor,  so  that  rooms  opening  into  one 
another  will  not  present  a  great  contrast  to  the  eye. 
Expert  decorators  are  even  carrying  this  idea  further 
and  are  graduating  their  tints  so  that  one  color 
seems  to  blend  into  another  almost  imperceptibly. 
Artists  call  this  “graying”  the  colors.  The  results 
are  not  only  artistically  good  but  in  the  best  dec¬ 
orative  style.  A  general  harmony  is  thus  seen  to 
run  throughout  your  home.  Your  contrasts  will 
come  in  the  colors  you  wear,  and  in  the  room 
accessories  the  draperies  or  the  massing  of  pictures 
of  a  vivid  tone. 

Let  me  say  right  here  that  it  is  not  necessary 
to  have  a  separate  wall  COLOR  to  set  off  each  dif¬ 
ferent  color  of  gown.  The  beauty  of  soft  tinted 
walls  is  that,  in  their  softness  and  plainness,  they 
set  off  to  advantage  any  gown  and  any  room 
accessory. 

When  you  consider  that  startling  contrasts  both 
in  line  and  color  will  mark  this  year’s  gowns,  you 
can  easily  see  how  essential  it  is  that  the  wall  be 
kept  neutral.  Your  good  looks,  the  good  style  of 
your  clothes,  both  depend  to  an  extraordinary  degree 
on  the  kind  of  walls  you  have. 

To  borrow  a  simile  from  the  musician,  we  might 
say  that  the  gowns  you  wear  are  the  THEME;  colors  in 
the  furnishings  and  hangings  are  the  VARIATIONS; 
the  wall  color  is  the  ACCOMPANIMENT.  If  your 
accompaniment  be  loud,  noisy  and  distracting,  you 
will  lose  or  kill  the  beauty  of  the  theme.  If  your 
accompaniment  be  subdued,  then  the  theme  will 
stand  out  clean  cut  and  clear.  Thus  it  is  with  the 
gowns  you  wear,  and  with  the  wall  backgrounds 
you  give  them. 


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ASA  RULE  the  housewife  does  not  real- 
ize  how  near  she  comes  to  having  a 
beautiful,  artistic  home.  She  does 
not  know  how  little  is  necessary  to  make  her 
present  rooms  appear  harmonious,  inviting, 
and  in  keeping  with  the  newest  fashions. 

In  the  first  place,  the  furniture  that  you 
already  have  is  all  right,  providing  it  is 
substantial  and  sincere.  Worn  furniture  is 
generally  more  inviting  than  the  brand  new. 

What  your  rooms  need  is  to  have  the  walls 
tinted  in  such  soft,  quiet,  plain  tints  that,  by 
contrast,  even  the  plainest  furniture  will 
look  richer,  more  solid,  and  more  inviting. 

The  style  authorities  realize  this  truth. 
Brilliant,  showy  walls  are  NOT  in  fashion  in 
the  best  homes,  the  finest  hotels  and  clubs. 

You  Can  have  rooms  that  art  connoisseurs 
will  admire,  if  you  will  just  use  on  your  walls 
the  rich,  soft,  velvety  tints  of  Alabastine. 
Rooms  thus  decorated  show  off  the  gowns, 
the  furniture  and  the  furnishings  to  best 
advantage,  and  breathe  the  atmosphere  of 
the  most  artistic  modern  homes. 


Page  eight 


THIS  is  an  economy  year.  Does  that 
mean  that  you  have  to  put  up  with 
the  soiled  walls  of  last  year? 

By  no  means.  For  a  very  interesting 
piece  of  news  comes  from  the  fashion 
centres  this  year. 

Fashion  is  demanding  that  this  year’s 
gowns  have  suitable  wall  backgrounds  to 
set  them  off.  These  backgrounds  are  to  be 
soft  tints;  in  fact,  Alabastine  tinted  walls 
are  used  and  recommended  by  style 
authorities. 

Now  notice  what  this  means.  It  means 
that  you  can  be  thoroughly  up-to-date  on 
wall  fashions,  yet  at  an  outlay  appreciably 
less  than  what  you  would  have  to  pay  for 
wall  paper. 

Furthermore,  of  all  materials  used  for  decorating, 
Alabastine  is  most  economical,  because — 

First,  pound  for  pound,  it  covers  more  wall  sur¬ 
face  than  any  other  material  used  for  the  purpose. 

Second,  it  lasts  longer.  When  applied  according 
to  directions  on  the  package,  IT  DOES  NOT  RUB 
OFF,  CHIP  NOR  PEEL. 

These  are  reasons  why  decorators  recommend 
Alabastine  and  use  it  on  the  finest  buildings  in 
America. 


Page  nine 


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PEOPLE  cannot  get  sick  and  look  well. 
Nor  can  people  appear  at  their  best 
amid  surroundings  that  even  look 
unsanitary. 

If  your  home  would  look  attractive,  it 
must  LOOK  healthful  and  must  BE  healthful. 

Walls  in  bad  condition  are  everywhere 
regarded  as  a  menace  to  health. 

When  wall  papers  crack  and  loosen,  they 
furnish  a  harbor  for  disease  germs  and  ver¬ 
min.  The  same  is  true  of  kalsomine  that 
peels  and  flakes. 

Any  visitor  that  sees  your  home  with 
cracking  wall  paper  or  peeling  kalsomine 
would  unconsciously  consider  your  home 
unsanitary,  and  therefore  not  beautiful. 

Alabastine,  which  is  notably  beautiful,  is 
also  notably  sanitary.  When  properly 
applied,  it  always  presents  an  even,  unbroken 
wall  surface. 

So  use  Alabastine  for  the  sake  of  that 
health  which  is  an  aid  to  beauty.  Use  it 
specially  as  a  protection  to  children.  After 
sickness  it  adds  to  the  cleanliness  of  the 
room  to  have  it  Alabastined. 


Page  ten 


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THE  fashion  expert,  the  decorating 
expert,  the  economy  expert  and  the 
physician  all  recommend  the  beautiful, 
soft,  plain  Alabastine  tints  for  your  walls. 

You  will  next  be  interested  to  know  how 
easily  Alabastine  may  be  obtained,  how  the 
desired  tints  can  be  chosen,  and  how  readily 
it  can  be  applied  to  the  wall. 

I  will  supply  you  with  Alabastine.  I  am 
your  dealer.  You  will  find  my  name  on  the 
back  cover  of  this  booklet. 

You  can  select  your  colors  from  the  color 
schemes  in  this  book,  or  you  can  choose 
your  own  tints.  Owing  to  the  soft,  velvety 
beauty  of  Alabastine,  you  can  easily  get 
tints  to  harmonize  with  any  furnishings  of 
your  room. 

Furthermore,  by  intermixing  or  adding 
white  to  the  standard  Alabastine  Tints  or 
Strong  Colors,  any  beautiful  hue  or  tint 
desired  can  be  secured. 

Come  to  me  for  Alabastine,  and  get  started 
at  once  on  beautiful,  sanitary  and  economical 
home  decorating. 


Page  e/eren 


ON  THE  covers  of  this  booklet  we  show,  in  colors, 
four  color  plans  of  rooms  prepared  by  our 
decorating  experts.  We  commend  them  to 
your  consideration.  We  here  give  the  color  scheme 
for  each  room.  Should  you  in  any  case  want  a 
different  color  scheme,  to  follow  the  general  wall  plan, 
you  will  also  find  alternate  suggestions  on  this  page. 

RUSSET  BROWN  LIVING  ROOM  (shown  on 
inside  of  front  cover).  A  room  that  breathes  a 
welcome.  Prepared  as  follows :  Ceiling,  No.  26  Ala- 
bastine.  Wall,  No.  48  Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  351. 
For  stencil  color  mix  two  parts  No.  16,  one  part  No.  7. 

ALTERNATE — Ceiling,  No.  26  Alabastine.  Wall,  No.  23 
Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  351  in  No.  97  Alabastine. 

DUTCH  NURSERY  (inside  back  cover).  Ceiling 
and  frieze,  one  part  No.  26,  one  part  white  Alabastine. 
Wall,  one  part  No.  22,  one  part  No.  28  Alabastine. 
Stencil,  No.  760,  with  No.  2  for  blue  and  No.  15 
Alabastine  for  orange. 

ALTERNATE— Ceiling  and  frieze.  No.  26  Alabastine.  Wall, 
one  part  No.  23  and  one  part  No.  24  Alabastine.  Stencil,  No. 
760  in  No.  97  Alabastine. 

“OCTOBER”  BEDROOM  (inside  back  cover). 
Ceiling,  white  Alabastine.  Wall,  No.  20  Alabastine. 
Stencils,  Nos.  436  and  437,  with  one  part  No.  14,  one 
part  No.  97  Alabastine. 

ALTERNATE— Ceiling,  six  parts  No.  21  and  one  part  white 
Alabastine.  Wall,  No.  31  Alabastine.  Stencils,  Nos.  436-437 
in  No.  14  Alabastine. 

CARDINAL  DINING  ROOM  (outside  back  cover). 
Ceiling,  No.  52  Alabastine.  Upper  third  of  wall, 
No.  15  Alabastine.  Lower  two-thirds  of  wall,  one 
part  No.  6  and  one  part  No.  12  Alabastine.  Stencil, 
No.  434.  with  No.  14  Alabastine  for  birds,  rest  of 
stencil  in  two  parts  No.  16,  one  part  No.  7  Ala¬ 
bastine. 

ALTERNATE — Ceiling,  No.  20  Alabastine.  Wall,  upper 
one-third,  No.  29  Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  434  in  two  parts  No. 
16  and  one  part  No.  7  Alabastine.  Lower  two-thirds.  No.  97 
Alabastine. 


Page  twelve 


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A  REDDISH  TAN  DINING  ROOM— 
Ceiling  and  frieze.  No.  26  Ala- 
bastine.  Wall,  one  part  No.  29  and 
one  part  No  56  Alabastine.  Stencil, 
No.  748  in  No.  6  Alabastine  for  cherry. 
Rest  of  stencil  in  No.  16  Alabastine. 


I  ...  AN  EXCELLENT  COLOR  SCHEME 

-GL  in  GREENISH  BLUE— Ceiling 
f'  '  and  frieze.  No.  23  Alabastine.  Wall, 

one  part  No.  32  and  one  part  No.  33 
Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  419  in  No. 
13  Alabastine  for  pineapple.  Rest 
of  stencil  in  two  parts  No.  16  and  one 
j  part  No.  7. 


A  BRICK  RED  DINING  ROOM— 
Ceiling  and  frieze,  No.  20  Ala¬ 
bastine.  Wall,  No.  3  Alabastine. 
Stencil,  No.  743  in  three  parts  No.  2 
and  one  part  No.  6  Alabastine  for 
grapes.  Rest  of  stencil  in  two  parts 
No.  16  and  one  part  No.  3  Alabastine. 


Page  thirteen 


A  TAN  LIVING  ROOM-Ceiling 
and  frieze,  No.  52  Alabastine. 
Wall  (Tan),  one  part  No.  29  and  one 
part  No.  48  Alabastine.  Stencil,  No. 
766  in  No.  97  Alabastine. 


HLD  BLUE  LIVING  ROOM— Ceil- 
W  ing  an(j  frieze.  No.  22  Alabas- 

■  tine.  Wall  (Old  Blue),  made  by  com¬ 
bining  eight  parts  No.  2  and  one  part 
No.  7  Alabastine.  Stencil,  L  in  wall 
color. 


A  SALMON  LIVING  ROOM— Ceil¬ 
ing  and  frieze,  No.  26  Alabas¬ 
tine.  Wall  (Salmon  Color),  No.  56 
Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  604  in  No. 
97  Alabastine. 


Page  fourteen 


Light  rose  pink  bedroom— 

Ceiling,  white  Alabastine.  Wall, 
one  part  No.  21  and  one  part  No.  31 
Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  756  on  wall 
color  in  No.  16  Alabastine  for  leaves. 
No.  6  Alabastine  for  flowers  and  No. 
2  Alabastine  for  ribbon. 


Light  gray  bedroom— Ceiling, 

J  No.  26  Alabastine.  Wall,  one 
part  No.  52  and  one  part  No.  54  Ala¬ 
bastine.  Stencil,  No.  655  on  wall  color 
in  No.  8  Alabastine  for  flowers  and 
rest  of  stencil  in  No.  16  Alabastine. 


— ~  A  BEDROOM  IN  BUFF-Ceiling, 

white  Alabastine.  Wall,  No.  52 
Alabastine.  Stencil.  No.  400  on  wall 
j  color  in  No.  2  Alabastine. 

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BO  PEEP  AND  BOY  BLUE.” 
Nursery  or  Play  Room — Ceiling 
and  frieze,  white  Alabastine.  Wall, 
No.  28  Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  465 
in  No.  2  Alabastine. 


“TTEN  AND  CHICKENS.”  Nursery 
-Ti.  or  Play  Room  —  Ceiling  and 
frieze  in  No.  26  Alabastine.  Wall  in 
No.  23  Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  467 
in  No.  97  Alabastine. 


THE  SANDMAN.”  Nursery  or 
Play  Room— Ceiling  and  frieze 
in  white  Alabastine.  Wall  in  No.  20 
Alabastine.  Stencil,  No.  466  in  No. 
97  Alabastine. 


Page  sixteen 


IE  CAREFUL. 
BE  SURE. 
Alabastine 
is  NOT  kalsomine. 
It  is  chemically, 
artistically  and 
durably  different. 
Alabastine  prop¬ 
erly  applied  to  a  suitable 
surface,  DOES  NOT  RUB, 
CHIP  NOR  PEEL  from  the 
wall.  Do  not  think  that  any 
tinting  material  is  good 
enough  for  your  home. 
Come  to  me,  the  Alabastine 
dealer,  and  get  ALABAS¬ 
TINE.  _ 

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ALABASTINE  is  just  what  you  want  for 
,  that  church,  school,  library,  hospital, 
club,  lodge-room,  store,  office,  etc. 

It  is  beautiful,  sanitary,  lasting,  clean, 
economical,  a  fire-retardant,  and  it  makes 
possible  an  infinite  number  of  harmonious 
color  plans.  Ask  for  special  barrel  prices. 

FREE  COLOR  PLANS  TO  ORDER.  The 
Decorating  Department  of  the  Alabastine 
Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  will  pre¬ 
pare  special  color  plans  for  your  building 
free.  WRITE  THEM  ABOUT  IT. 

This  service  is  rendered  by  giving  each 
request  independent  and  special  attention. 
The  suggestions  offered  are  not  generaliza¬ 
tions,  but  the  artist  treats  each  proposition 
as  an  individual  decorative  one. 

In  writing  for  such  helps  you  should  give 
all  the  necessary  information  on  which  to 
work  intelligently. 


Page  eighteen 


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FROM  a  few  standard  colors,  by  mixing, 
the  artist  can  get  all  the  colors  in  the 
world. 

It  is  the  same  way  with  Alabastine.  There 
are  sixteen  standard  Alabastine  “Tints,”  and 
eighteen  standard  Alabastine  “Colors.”  The 
“tints”  are  lighter,  the  “colors”  stronger.  The 
decorator  will  take  these  tints  and  colors, 
and  by  lightening  with  white  Alabastine, 
darkening  and  intermixing,  he  will  be  able 
to  give  you  any  color,  tint  or  shade  in  the 
world  that  you  want,  to  harmonize  with 
your  rugs,  etc. 

There  is  no  substitute  for  Alabastine. 
Your  dealer  should  sell  you  the  goods  in 
packages  and  your  decorator  should  bring 
the  material  on  the  job  in  packages. 

See  that  the  cross  and  circle  in  red  appears 
on  each  package  and  accept  nothing  else — 
and  you  will  get  Alabastine  satisfaction. 


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1-24 

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48 


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31 

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32 

1—32 

1-33 

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49 

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1-48 

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1— 48  j 

33 

No. 

26 


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52 

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1-48 

1-48 

1-29 

23 

|  1-33 

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20 

54 

56 

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28 

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1-31 

29 

The  “Tints” 
Simple  and  Mixed 


REMEMBER,  there  are  sixteen  standard 
Alabastine  “TINTS,”  and  eighteen 
standard  Alabastine  strong  “COLORS.” 
Besides,  there  is  Pure  White  Alabastine. 
The  “tints”  and  the  “white”  come  in  5-lb., 
packages. 

The  strong  “colors”  come  in  1-lb.  packages. 
We  here  show  the  “tints”  and  some  of  the 
almost  infinite  combinations  which  you  can 
make  with  them.  ORDER  YOUR  ALA¬ 
BASTINE  TINTS  BY  NUMBER.  Please 
remember  your  dealer  can  furnish  only  those 
numbered,  and  the  rest  are  made  by 
combining. 

The  standard  Tints  are  numbered  as  fol¬ 
lows:  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  26,  28,  29,  31,  32, 33, 
48,  49,  52,  54,  56. 


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13 

3 — W 
1-5 

5 

3-W 

1-8 

8 

3-W 

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97 

3-W 

1-18 

18 

3-W 

1-16 

16 

3-W 

1-12 

12 

1-1 

1-10 

3-W 

1—9 

9 

3-W 

1-14 

14 


3  parts  W 
1—1 


1 

I  3-W 

i  1—6 

1  6 

3-W 

1-15 

1  15 

1  3-W 

1  1  3 

1  3 

3-W 

1-2 

1  2 

3-W 

1—10 

10 

3— W 
i— 7 

I  7 

3— W 
1-17 

17 

3— W 
1—98 

98 

1—3 

1-12 

The 

Strong  “Colors” 
Simple  and  Mixed 


On  the  opposite  page 
are  shown  the  eigh¬ 
teen  standard  Ala- 
bastine  Strong  “ Col¬ 
ors ”  as  manufactured 
and  also  as  toned 
down  bp  adding 
White  Ala- 
bastine. 


WHERE  YOU  wish  stronger  wall  colors  than 
the  tints  give,  and  where  you  wish  banded 
or  stenciled  borders,  panels,  etc.,  to  be  of  a 
stronger  color  than  the  surrounding  surface,  we 
recommend  the  Alabastine  Prepared  Strong  “Colors.” 

Notice  that  on  the  opposite  page  we  show  strong 
color  No.  13,  and  right  above  we  show  this  color 
greatly  toned  down  by  combining  1  part  No.  13  and 
3  parts  white.  Should  you  wish  it  not  toned  down 
so  much,  you  can  readily  see  that,  by  using  less 
white,  you  can  get  just  the  tint  you  desire. 

This  is  true  of  all  our  strong  colors. 

Owing  to  a  smaller  call  for  strong  colors,  some 
dealers  do  not  carry  these.  But  any  dealer  will 
gladly  order  your  strong  color  from  the  nearest 
jobber  or  from  us,  to  be  shipped  by  parcel  post. 
This  method  is  quick  and  inexpensive. 


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IN  EACH  of  the  various  color  schemes  for 
rooms  which  we  show  in  this  book,  we 
illustrate  an  appropriate  Stencil  border 
design,  and  give  you  the  number  by  which 
you  can  order  the  Stencil. 

We  also  have  a  Stencil  Book  showing  a 
large  number  of  attractive  stencils,  that  we 
manufacture. 

We  send  these  stencils  without  charge, 
except  for  packing  and  postage,  direct  from 
our  office  in  Grand  Rapids  to  you,  if  you 
are  using  Alabastine. 

All  you  have  to  do  to  secure  free  stencils  for 
each  room  is,  buy  sufficient  Alabastine  for  that 
room,  cut  out  the  large  word  ALABASTINE  from 
the  face  of  each  package,  and  send  these  to  us,  with 
10c,  stamps  or  silver,  for  each  stencil  desired.  Order 
your  stencil  by  number.  Stencils  will  not  be  fur¬ 
nished  for  room  requiring  less  than  two  packages. 

For  further  particulars  about  Alabastine  stencils, 
see  your  dealer. 

ALABASTINE  COMPANY 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 


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